Business Services Team Manager

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders across sectors. The company is founder-led, profitable, and growing.

We are hiring a Business Services Team Manager to oversee travel, logistics, event planning, scheduling, expense policies, and administration.

This executive role demands outstanding coordination, planning, decision-making, budgeting, procurement, reporting, and management skills. It involves managing a complex, fast-paced operation in the tech industry.

Responsibilities include coordinating large-scale company events involving travel for hundreds from 80+ countries, managing travel procurement and logistics, ensuring safety and efficiency, handling visas and unexpected travel issues, and overseeing expense claim approval to ensure fairness and transparency. The team also provides traditional 'EA' services across departments, such as scheduling, report coordination, approvals, and small projects.

This role requires excellent judgment, interpersonal skills, accountability, and the ability to handle high work volumes. Participation in company events from planning to safety is essential to build relationships and ensure smooth execution.

Location : Worldwide, home-based, except where offices are located (e.g., London, Taipei, Beijing).

Key team responsibilities include :

• Travel approvals, logistics, and operations
• Expense review in line with policies
• Planning of complex company events four times a year
• Managing company offices for executive briefing and operations
• Implementing global duty of care, health, and safety programs

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About Canonical :

Canonical is a pioneering tech company at the forefront of open source. As the publisher of Ubuntu, a key platform for AI, IoT, and cloud, we are transforming software. We recruit globally and uphold high standards of excellence. Since 2004, we've been a remote-first organization, encouraging innovative thinking, continuous learning, and growth.

Canonical is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion, ensuring fair consideration for all applicants regardless of background or identity.

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